Pokfulam (constituency)

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Pokfulam
Former elected constituency
for the Southern District Council
PokfulamConstituency.svg
Boundary of Pokfulam in Southern District
District Southern
Legislative Council constituencyHong Kong West (1991 to 1995); Hong Kong Island (1998 to 2016); Hong Kong Island West (2021)
Population20,748 (2019) [1]
Electorate6,450 (2019) [2]
Former constituency
Created 1982
Abolished2023
Number of membersOne (1982, 1994 to 2019); Two (1985 to 1991)
Member(s) Paulus Johannes Zimmerman (Independent)

Pokfulam was one of the constituencies of the Southern District Council of Hong Kong between 1982 and 2019. In 1985 and since 1994 the seat elected one member of the council. Since 1999 elections were held every four years. It was last held by Independent Paulus Johannes Zimmerman, since the 2010 by-election until 2023.

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In 1994 Chi Fu Fa Yuen and Pokfulam Gardens became a separate constituency. The Pokfulam constituency, one of the seventeen constituencies in the Southern District Council since 1994, loosely covered the Pok Fu Lam area, with an estimated population of 21,476 in 2011. [3] In the 2023 election it was subsumed into the Southern District Northwest geographical constituency.

Councillors represented

1982 to 1985

ElectionMemberParty
1982 Kwok Wai-ming Independent

1985 to 1994

ElectionMemberPartyMemberParty
1985 Kwok Wai-ming Civic Association Ko Tam-kan Civic Association
1988 Lee Man-ho HKAS
1991 Lai Hok-lim United Democrats Independent

1994 to present

ElectionMemberParty
1994 Ko Tam-kan Independent
2007 Ronald Chan Ngok-pang Independent [ clarification needed ]
2010 by-election Paulus Johannes Zimmerman Civic
2012 Independent democrat

Election results

2010s

Southern District Council Election, 2019: Pokfulam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. democrat Paulus Johannes Zimmerman 2,54755.97−7.03
DAB Siu Wai-chung1,84040.43
Nonpartisan Maxine Yao Jie-ning1643.60
Majority 70715.54
Turnout 4,55770.65
Ind. democrat hold Swing
Southern District Council Election, 2015: Pokfulam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. democrat Paulus Johannes Zimmerman 1,95263.0–1.2
Liberal Jeremy Young Chit-on1,14437.0
Majority 80816.0
Turnout 3,11253.9
Independent hold Swing
Southern District Council Election, 2011: Pokfulam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Civic Paulus Johannes Zimmerman 1,44564.2+4.3
Independent Yim Kin-ping80535.8
Majority 64028.4
Civic hold Swing
Pokfulam by-election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Civic Paulus Johannes Zimmerman 1,18359.9
Independent Ellis Lau79240.1
Majority 49119.8
Civic gain from Independent Swing

2000s

Southern District Council Election, 2007: Pokfulam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ronald Chan Ngok-pang1,06763.8
Independent Kenith Poon Kin-ming60536.2
Majority 46227.6N/A
Independent hold Swing
Southern District Council Election, 2003: Pokfulam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ko Tam-kanUnopposed
Independent hold Swing

1990s

Southern District Council Election, 1999: Pokfulam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ko Tam-kanUnopposed
Independent hold Swing
Southern District Board Election, 1994: Pokfulam [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ko Tam-kanUnopposed
Independent hold Swing
Southern District Board Election, 1991: Pokfulam [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Democrats Lai Hok-lim1,92854.5
Independent Ko Tam-kan1,61145.6−5.6
LDF Kwok Wai-ming1,41740.1−9.8
United Democrats hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

1980s

Southern District Board Election, 1988: Pokfulam [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
HKAS Lee Man-ho1,94064.8
Civic Ko Tam-kan1,53451.2
Civic Kwok Wai-ming1,49549.9
HKAS gain from Civic Swing
Civic hold Swing
Southern District Board Election, 1985: Pokfulam [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Civic Kwok Wai-mingUnopposed
Civic Ko Tam-kanUnoppposed
Civic hold Swing
Civic win (new seat)
Southern District Board Election, 1982: Pokfulam [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Kwok Wai-ming1,45441.1
Independent Ko Tam-kan71420.2
Independent Wong Man-kit55115.6
Independent Leung Wai-sum41011.6
Civic Wong Chi-hung2968.4
Independent Choi Cheung-man1002.8
Independent win (new seat)

Citations

  1. ↑ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
  2. ↑ "Age and sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office.
  3. ↑ "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 李彭廣 (2004). "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Archived from the original on 6 November 2003. Retrieved 9 March 2013.

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